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Monday, January 6, 2014

Tie one on! 1957 retro look birthday card

This striking young woman, retro chic in her vivid green headscarf, comes straight from the pages of a 1957 woman's magazine. I carefully cut out this image and used it on the card; it is not a copy.

Take care when gluing vintage papers; they can be very brittle. If you use a glue tape gun to adhere them make sure it's one that applies very easy, without much pressure. Otherwise, the paper surface sometime comes off with the tape as it rolls, or even tears. I use the Scotch ATG glue tape gun on new paper, but not on old. For these fragile papers I use a disposable Pritt glue tape that glides very easy, Yes! stickflat glue (carefully with a brush), or Aleene's Turbo Tacky Glue.I used Honey Script font for the outside and inside sentiments, which I printed from the computer. I dressed up the card with beaded ribbon and shiny rick rack.

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